Host range characterisation, in vivo reproduction and damage potential of Pratylenchus coffeae populations from Vietnam

The in vivo reproduction of ten Pratylenchus coffeae populations, collected in different agro-ecological regions in Vietnam, on 13 agricultural crops was very similar. Of the 13 varieties of the 13 crops included in our study (one variety per crop), the varieties of banana, sugarcane, maize and upland rice were good hosts of P. coffeae. The soybean variety was a poor host and the varieties of groundnut, tomato, sweet potato, ginger, sesame, pineapple and citrus were very poor hosts or nonhosts of P. coffeae. The in vivo damage potential on the banana, coffee, sugarcane and maize varieties was very similar for all ten P. coffeae populations. All the P. coffeae populations were able to cause considerable damage to the vegetative growth of banana and coffee but not to sugarcane and maize. In view of the low reproduction on coffee, the extensive damage the P. coffeae populations caused on this agricultural crop is surprising and illustrates the high damage potential of P. coffeae on coffee. In general, there was similar in vivo reproduction on the 13 agricultural crops examined and in general, similar in vivo damage potential on banana, coffee, sugarcane and maize, indicating that the ten P. coffeae populations from Vietnam examined belong to the same pathotype.